Auto headlight



May 27 1924.

' c. H. vicKERY AUTO HEADLIGHT Filed May 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INSUqL)AT May 2?, 1924. 1,495,656

,. .c. H. VICKERY AUTO HEADLIGHT Filed May 24. 1923 2 Sheets-Shem 2Patented May 27, 1924.

F F I; Q E.

CHARLES H. VIGKERY, OF ATTICA, NEW YORK.

AUTO HEADLIGHT.

Application filed May 24, 1923. Serial No. 641,219.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, CHARLES H. V'ICKERY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Attica, in' the county of Wyoming and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Auto Headlight, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to motor vehicle headlights, the primary objectof the invention being to provide a headlight including a plurality ofbulbs, novel means being provided for supporting the bulbs whereby thebulbs may be moved into proper relation with respect to the reflector ofthe lamp, so that if a lamp becomes broken a perfect lamp may broughtinto operation at the will of the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of switchmechanism whereby only the lamp that is moved to its illuminatingposition is in circuit with the source of electric supply.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmental sectional view through the lower portion of alamp constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through a lamp housing.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of the lamp supporting disk.

Figure 6 isa sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure at.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatical view of the wiring system.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5designates a lamp housing which is provided with the usual reflector 6,which lamp housing is formed with an opening 7 in its rear wallregistering with the opening 8 of the reflector 6 to accommodate theshaft 9. This shaft 9 forms a part of the rotor shaft of the motor 10and extends to a position within the reflector 6 as clearly shown byFigure 1 of the drawings.

On the outer ends of the shaft 9 is positioned a disk 11 formed ofsuitable insulating material to' which disk is secured the supportingdisk 12 which is formed of a conductive material, the disks 11 and 12being secured together by means of the rivets-18. r

Mounted on the disk 12 are the lamp sockets 14, which lamp sockets maybe of any desired number and arranged in any desired manner on the disk'12, the lamp sockets being however preferably formed with slots 15 toaccommodate the pins 16 provided on the lamps, so that the lamps may bereadily positioned.

In each lamp socket is an insulating disk 17 that supports a contactpoint 18 which has connection with the wire 19 that is connected withthe contact -member 20 associated therewith. These contact members 20are secured to the disk 11, it being understood that there is provided acontact member 20 and Wire 19 for each lamp supportedby the disks sothat when a contact member is in its active position, the lampassociated therewith will be in circuit with the battery supplying theelectric energy for lighting the lamp.

An arm indicated at 21 has connection with the inner surface of the lamphousing 5 and insulated therefrom by means of the insulating member 22,the arm being in circuit with a source of electric supply through thewire 23 supported within the insulating tube 24. Carried at the outerend of the arm 21 is a spring finger 24: adapted to contact with theinsulating member20 as it is moved into proximity with the Assi in'iing;that the operator desires to move an exceptionally bright: light intoitsilluminatingv position, and moves the-lamp which is in an illuminating,position to its; inactive position, the switch member 27isoperated andmoved to a. predetermined:

point to energize certain coils 25 whereupon the shaft 9visrotatedmoving the diskssu-pported at the-outer ends thereof-andrconse quentlymoving the. desiredlamp to itsproper position.

It is obvious that when the lamp; is 1 .in-

focus, the circuit to the lamp is completed through thefinger. 27 andgroundedthrough the metallic disk' 12 andshaft 9 of themotor.

The; switch 28 controls the. circui t to the; lamp and itis tobeuuderstood(that Whenthemotorhas been operated to move the desired lampto its illuminating position, the;

, contact member 20,.

circuit to the motor maybe brokenby moving the switch 27, and the"circuit to the lamps completed through the switch 28.

What is claimed as new is In combination with a lamp housing, a motorsupported at the rear of the housing, a shaft extending from the motorand havingitsforwardend disposed Within the lamp housing, a disk ofinsulating material supported on the forwardend of-the shaft, a lamp,supporting'disk secured to the insulated dislgsaid:insulating diskcarrying spaced contact members in circuit with the lamps supportedonthe disks, aspringfinger adapted to Contact with the contact membersto complete the circuit to the lamp-s,:,meansf0r supplying electricenergy to the..-m;oto-r tooperate: the shaft and move the: lamps intodisplaying positions, and meansfor: controlling the circuits to the1amps-.-

In'testimony that I claim; theforegoiug as my own, 1 have heretoaffixed-my signature in *theepresenceof :two Witnesses.

CHARLES VICKERYV Witnesses VvlnLrAim HALL, C. L. BIABTIN;

